Perry,
This sounds a lot like it could be a flare off an Iridium satellite.
According to the Heavens-Above website
(http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp?lat=43.533&lng=5.433&alt=0&loc=Aix%2Den
%2DProvence&TZ=CET), there was such a flare in your area on the evening of 7
October. The flare was from Iridium 11 and was in the correct direction
(Azimuth 138°, Altitude 48°), however it occurred at 20:42 Central Europe
Summer Time (18:42 GMT, if I've done the conversion correctly). This is
about 1:20 after your reports. The reports sound so much like an Iridium
flare, I'm wondering if the reported time may have some error associated with
it. How accurate/reliable is the timing information from the observers?
Cheers,
Daryl
In a message dated 10/12/01 6:07:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
perry.petrakis@free.fr writes:
> Two groups of people, unaware of each other reported a sighting of a
> green-bluish light on 7th October at 19h21 (17h21 UTC). One of these groups
> (two people, one of which is a trained Ferry Boat commander) was in Senas,
> several kilometers northwest of Aix-en-Provence. He spoke of a greenish
> light observed for 2 seconds towards the southeast (145°).
>
> The second group (4 people) was in Fayence, several kilometers to the East
> of Aix-en-Provence. They described a blue light visible 3 seconds, again
> towards the southeast.
>
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